Fil-Am Josh dela Cruz on how life has changed since hosting Blue’s Clues

By Nathalie tomada Philstar.com

IT’S been some four years since Josh dela Cruz was selected from thousands of hopefuls to become the host in Blue’s Clues & You, the reboot of Nickelodeon’s iconic children’s show Blue’s Clues.

The Filipino-American actor was cast to play Josh, the human sidekick to animated puppy Blue, making history as the first Asian-American to be a regular in the series that originally ran from 1996 to 2006.

The Philippine STAR had a virtual oneon-one with Josh recently to talk about his show’s movie-musical version, Blue’s Big City Adventure, where Josh the character brings Blue with him to New York City to pursue an opportunity of a lifetime — audition for a Broadway show. To state that the storyline rings familiar to Josh is an understatement given his background. The musical theater actor was the lead of Broadway’s Aladdin when he won the part in Blue’s Clues & You.

Now, asked how his life has changed since joining the Nickelodeon series, the 34-yearold readily acknowledged to The STAR that it changed a lot.

“The show has changed my life in so many

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Filipino-American actor-singer Josh dela Cruz on becoming the current Blue’s Clues host: ‘I work hard every single day to make sure that I do the very best I can. So that I can keep representing Filipinos and the potential that we have.’